Zhou Yan didn't expect Hou Xiaoxian to come to Shanghai, he couldn't help but sigh, this guy can really run, he doesn't go home every day. If you don't go home for the Chinese New Year, forget it, you just went back from abroad, and you have to come to the mainland again.

"Did he come to Shanghai this time because of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly"?" Zhou Yan asked.

Xu Feng shook his head, "Yes, but not all, he has been preparing his next movie recently, and he has something to do with the new movie when he comes to Shanghai." ”

Hearing that Hou Xiaoxian was preparing for the next movie, Zhou Yan asked curiously, "Director Hou is already preparing for the next movie?" What is the subject of the new movie? ”

"Do you know anything about puppet shows?" Xu Feng answered Zhou Yan's question with another question.

"Not too much."

Zhou Yan shook his head, he only knew that puppet theatre was a traditional theatrical performance in the Fujian-speaking region, and the performance form was a bit similar to shadow puppetry, and he didn't know anything else, nor had he seen a complete puppet theatre performance.

Zhou Yan's answer was also expected by Xu Feng, she did not popularize puppet play for Zhou Yan, but talked about the movie itself, "This movie is also invested by Qiu, I guess Director Hou may ask you to make a soundtrack for them." ”

"But I don't know anything about puppet shows."

Xu Feng smiled, "Where do you think he can find a soundtrack artist who knows about puppet play?" So, if you don't know about puppet play, it's not a problem. Of course, this is just my guess, and he may not be looking for you. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, if Hou Xiaoxian really looked for him, he would be a little difficult, because he was too busy this year, and the director of "The Piano Boy Who Wanted to Fly" was promoted, and he, the director, must not be absent, and the project of "Green Snake" has not been started.

In the first half of the year, he was also busy with his graduation projects and work handover, a bunch of things inside and out.

Seeing Zhou Yan's appearance, Xu Feng smiled again, "In two days, the news that the short film "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" won awards abroad will be reported in China, and there will be more and more jobs looking for you in the future, not only looking for your soundtrack, but also looking for you to be a director." The days of leisure will be gone forever, and you will have to adapt to that busy life. ”

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Actually, I'm feeling very busy now. ”

He remembered the days before last when he was in the crew of "The Red Lantern Hangs High", when he was really idle, he didn't have much to do every day, and he still had time to play cards with the rest of the crew.

"Your career planning at this stage is very important, and you can't waste too much time on other things, so I suggest that you find someone to help you deal with some work docking matters." Speaking of which, Xu Feng talked about "Green Snake" again, "Let's just say that you came to Shanghai this time just to read a script, why do you need to come here in person for this kind of thing." Just find an assistant to help you do the early docking. Wait until there is a possibility of further cooperation, and you will not be too late to come forward. ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "I really haven't thought about it. ”

"It's never too late to think about it." Xu Feng smiled, and then said, "In terms of movies, Tomson can help you deal with it." ”

When Zhou Yan heard this, he immediately understood that Xu Feng wanted to pull him on Tomson's boat.

The strength of Tomson movies must be very strong, after all, there is Tomson Group behind the support, but Zhou Yan is still a little hesitant, don't look at Xu Feng has been very interested in Tomson movies in recent years, but movies cannot be the focus of Xu Feng's career in the end.

Maybe in a few years, Xu Feng will shift his focus to other affairs of the group.

In the past two years, Tomson Group has set its sights on the real estate industry in Shanghai, as the first batch of enterprises to invest in Pudong, their follow-up development will be very rapid, and Xu Feng's husband does not seem to be in good health, by that time, how much energy can Xu Feng put on movies?

Just when Zhou Yan hesitated to accept the olive branch thrown by Xu Feng, Xu Feng said again, "If you are willing to hand over your music copyrights to our company to take care of, I will set up a special department in the company." In the future, I can even set up a music company dedicated to it. ”

"Not to mention the film, now our company mainly cooperates with two directors, one is Chen Kaige, the other is you, Chen Kaige is a person from Yanjing Studio, and the cooperation between our company and him is relatively simple. But you're different, we can work together more deeply, and you're always ready to start planning for your next film. ”

Hearing Xu Feng say this, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh, this sister is really a resolute person, and she is quick to decide anything.

Since Xu Feng was so decisive, Zhou Yan naturally didn't procrastinate, he nodded, "Sister Feng, of course I'm willing to cooperate with you, but the cooperation model may still have to be discussed." ”

He has to hold the copyright in his hands, even if he can't grasp it for the time being, he can't leave hidden dangers for the future.

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Xu Feng laughed, "Of course, the model must be discussed, and the purpose is to achieve a win-win situation." ”

Xu Feng loves movies and cherishes talents, but she is not a philanthropist, and the cooperation between her and Zhou Yan must also make money.

In the past few years, there are two people who make Xu Feng cherish talents the most, one is Chen Kaige, and the other is Zhou Yan, she thinks that Chen Kaige and Zhou Yan have unlimited potential to be tapped.

Compared with Chen Kaige, Zhou Yan has a very big advantage, this advantage is not musical talent, nor age, but Zhou Yan's adaptability.

Chen Kaige is indeed talented, but sometimes he is too self-serving and can't listen to other people's opinions.

In order to film "Farewell My Concubine", Xu Feng was really heartbroken, and kept mediating in the middle, if the crew was completely handed over to Chen Kaige, she didn't know what would happen.

After reaching a preliminary intention, Xu Feng mentioned "Green Snake" again, "I think you can improve your posture when you contact Tsui Hark." ”

Zhou Yan was a little puzzled, this is the second time Xu Feng has taken the initiative to mention "Green Snake", is it because she has an opinion on Tsui Hark?

Noticing the doubts in Zhou Yan's eyes, Xu Feng explained, "You are now a well-known director who has won an international award, and it is almost the same thing that he went to find you, and you came here in person, which is too much to give him face." ”

"I really didn't think that much."

"You should want to." Xu Feng said it categorically.

This sentence reminds Zhou Yan of the sentence "You can't do without requirements" that Xu Feng told him last year, and the tone of the two sentences is exactly the same.

Later, Xu Feng shared with Zhou Yan a story about his past.

Back then, when Xu Feng went to the Cannes Film Festival with director Hu Jinquan for the first time, he happened to meet the French star Alain Delon.

In those years, many Alain Delon's movies were released on Taiwan Island, and Xu Feng was his fan.

Seeing his idol, Xu Feng was of course very happy, and wanted to tell Hu Jinquan that she wanted to take a photo with Alain Delon, but was stopped by Hu Jinquan.

Hu Jinquan told Xu Feng in an unquestioning tone, "Sit, he came to take a photo with you." ”

In Hu Jinquan's view, Xu Feng is also a big star, and there is no reason to take the initiative to take photos with others.

Xu Feng, who was still young at the time, didn't understand, so he felt that why couldn't he go to Alain Delon to take a photo, in fact, she couldn't be a big star at that time, and she was not famous internationally.

Holding a shelf like this will make people feel ridiculous.

Later, she realized that Hu Jinquan wanted her to develop her own aura.

In the end, Xu Feng concluded with Zhou Yan, "Sometimes, it's not a good thing for you to be too polite, and most people don't respect you because you're polite. ”

Hearing Xu Feng's words, Zhou Yan was also very touched, which may be his character shortcoming.

For many years, he has been working at the school, and he wants to take care of everything he does. In addition to maintaining a serious image in front of students, other times, I am thinking about the feelings of everyone around me.

Although he did well at school, he did feel tired sometimes.

This time he came to Shanghai too, he simply wanted to come to Shanghai from Jinling, and then go directly from Shanghai to Yanjing, both parties could save time.

He is also very grateful to Xu Feng in his heart, and it can be seen that Xu Feng really wants to teach him some methods of mixing the film and television industry.

"I'm taught, I'll pay attention to it later." Zhou Yan nodded sincerely.

Xu Feng couldn't help but nod, this is the difference between Zhou Yan and Chen Kaige.

……

Zhou Yan stayed in Shanghai for three days, and basically signed his contract with Tomson, in addition to handing over the music to Tomson to take care of, he also signed a contract with Tomson for two films.

After he signed the contract with Tomson, Hou Xiaoxian still didn't come.

I called to find out that Hou Xiaoxian's itinerary had changed, and he was not going to Shanghai for the time being.

Hearing that Zhou Yan was waiting for him in Shanghai, Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile on the phone, "There is a certain number in the dark, and this god doesn't want me to see you." Let me tell you, the prize money and trophies are all here, if you want, you have to go to Taiwan Island to get it. ”

Zhou Yan can't remember how many times Hou Xiaoxian asked him to go to Taiwan Island, and in this matter, Hou Xiaoxian seems to be very persistent, and he has to say it almost every time he calls.

Is there no one in Taiwan's cuties?

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Sister Feng will give me the prize directly, and it doesn't matter if the trophy is stored with you for a while." ”

"You can keep the trophy with me, but you definitely want to participate in a promotional event on Treasure Island in April."

"Then I'll go in April."

In the April event, Zhou Yan had already heard Xu Feng say that the short film should be sold to the local area of Taiwan Island first, and then the feature film would also be released on the treasure island, so publicity activities are indispensable.

Not only Taiwan, but when the time comes, Zhou Yan will go to Xiangjiang first, and then transfer from Xiangjiang to Taiwan, and it just so happens that he will hold an event in Xiangjiang.

For this movie, Xu Feng is more optimistic about the markets of Taiwan Island and Xiangjiang, and the other is Gaoli and Neon.

Not only is the market for movies in the mainland not good, but also the market for soundtracks, and the possibility of Zhou Yan's songs being recorded as albums in the future is not very high.

But in places like Taiwan, the market for soundtracks is much better.

Moreover, Xu Feng believes that the style of Zhou Yan's songs is still relatively trendy, and it should be popular with music fans in Neon and Goryeo.

Now Tomson's plan is to release the movie in early July, so the publicity campaign is bound to be launched.

Zhou Yan chatted with Hou Xiaoxian for a while, but he didn't hear Hou Xiaoxian mention his movie related to puppet theater, he didn't mention it, Zhou Yan naturally didn't mention it, and now he is busy, and he doesn't want to take the initiative to take the initiative to take work for himself.

……

Since Hou Xiaoxian didn't come, there was no need for Zhou Yan to stay in Shanghai longer.

However, just when Zhou Yan was about to leave Shanghai for Yanjing, he received a message on his pager, which turned out to be sent by Zhang Jianya, who he met at the Shanghai studio last time.

Zhang Jianya asked Zhou Yan if he was still in Shanghai, and left a number.

Zhou Yan called Zhang Jianya back with doubts.

Hearing that Zhou Yan was still in Shanghai, Zhang Jianya was very happy, and immediately said that he wanted to talk to Zhou Yan in person.

Zhou Yan didn't think much about it, so he agreed.

After more than half an hour, Zhang Jianya knocked on the door of Zhou Yan's room.

Seeing Zhang Jianya come so quickly, Zhou Yan was also quite surprised, the hotel he stayed in was not close to the Shanghai Studio, and he could arrive so quickly, which shows how anxious Zhang Jianya was.

As soon as the door opened, Zhang Jianya enthusiastically came over to hold Zhou Yan's hand, "Director Zhou, I'm so happy to know that you are still in Shanghai!" ”

Zhou Yan was a little confused by Zhang Jianya's enthusiasm, and couldn't help but retract his hand and asked, "Director Zhang, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

"That's right." Zhang Jianya took out a stack of scripts from his bag, "Our factory is preparing a movie recently, which is adapted from Mr. Zhang Leping's comic of the same name "Sanmao in the Army", Zhou will guide you to take a look." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he had already stuffed the script into Zhou Yan's hand.

Looking at the script in his hand, the corners of Zhou Yan's mouth twitched, it was the first time he had seen such an enthusiastic director, Zhang Jianya and Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou were all from the same batch of Yenching Film Academy, it is said that even if there is no masterpiece, it can be regarded as a more qualified director, not like this.

However, when he heard "Sanmao in the Army", Zhou Yan became interested, and at the same time he was a little surprised, he only thought that the name Zhang Jianya was a little familiar, but he didn't expect Zhang Jianya to be the director of "Sanmao in the Army".

It may also be because "Sanmao's Army" really doesn't look like the work of the fifth generation of directors.

"The Story of Sanmao in the Army" is a comedy, and it is a very special comedy, throughout the history of Chinese film, "The Story of Sanmao in the Army" is the special one in comedy movies.

Some fans say it's the pinnacle of black humor in China, which may sound exaggerated, but it also proves that everyone recognizes it.

After taking the script, Zhou Yan didn't say much, only let Zhang Jianya sit first, and then he took the script and read it himself.

Seeing Zhou Yan reading the script, Zhang Jianya was also relieved.

Since he met Zhou Yan in the factory that day, Zhang Jianya has been thinking about the soundtrack every day, and he even went to the cinema to watch the "Heaven's Reply" again.

But the more he watched that movie, the more Zhang Jianya wanted Zhou Yan to come to the soundtrack of "Sanmao in the Army", and he even felt that he could meet Zhou Yan at Yanjing Studio, that was their fate.

If you don't grasp this fate, it will be a big waste.

After thinking about it for several days, Zhang Jianya finally made up his mind that even if Zhou Yan's price was relatively high, he would use it, and it was a big deal to save a little in other places, and he could always save the salary of the soundtrack director.

After that, he called Chen Kaige and first inquired with Chen Kaige about Zhou Yan's fees.

But when Chen Kaige heard him ask Zhou Yan's fee, he couldn't understand it at first, but later under Zhang Jianya's questioning, Chen Kaige told the truth, Zhou Yan's soundtrack fee was not high.

Zhou Yan is getting paid, but he has been getting it for a long time, and he has been getting it since the year before last.

Calculated from the beginning of the previous year to this summer, it will be twenty months at most, a total of 3,000 yuan.

At that time, the reason why Chen Kaige said that Zhou Yan's soundtrack fee was high was to show that their crew was rich and high-end in front of Zhang Jianya, an old classmate.

Hearing that Zhou Yan only gets a fixed salary every month, Zhang Jianya almost scolded Chen Kaige, if it wasn't for Chen Kaige's mouth about running the train, he would have gone to find Zhou Yan a long time ago, why don't you think about tea and food these days, and always worry about this matter.

almost lost such a good soundtrack director, Zhang Jianya not only wanted to scold Chen Kaige, if Chen Kaige was in front of him, he would want to hammer the other party.

Fortunately, Chen Kaige made up for it and gave Zhou Yan's contact information to Zhang Jianya, and then Zhang Jianya dialed Zhou Yan's pager.

Fortunately, Zhou Yanren was still in Shanghai and didn't leave, and after hanging up the phone, he ran over quickly.

Zhou Yan didn't know that there was such an episode in the middle, and he was seriously reading Zhang Jianya's script at this time.

This script is already a completed version, and it is not much different from the later filming of "The Story of Sanmao in the Army".

When he saw the middle, Zhou Yan couldn't help laughing.

I have to say that the script of "The Story of Sanmao in the Army" is really interesting, but I don't know if this is the credit of Zhang Jianya or the credit of Mr. Zhang Leping, the author of the original work, because Zhou Yan has not read the original work.

After reading all the scripts, Zhou Yan closed the script, and did not rush to return the script to Zhang Jianya, but put his hands on the script and asked Zhang Jianya with a smile, "Director Zhang, you asked me to read this script, do you want me to score this movie?" ”

Zhang Jianya couldn't help nodding, "Yes." ”

"When does the movie start?"

"Filming will start early next month."

"Where are you going to shoot?" Zhou Yan asked again.

"Sioux City."

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "I'm in Yanjing, and I'm busy this semester, so I don't have too many opportunities to go to the site usually, and I may only go to the middle twice at most." ”

"No problem."

Zhang Jianya said happily that he has no opinion if he doesn't go once, and there are many soundtrack coaches, who are not on the scene in the early stage, and will not intervene until the post-production.

Seeing Zhang Jianya say this, Zhou Yan nodded, "Director Zhang, I took over the soundtrack of this movie." ”

Although Zhou Yan has been very busy in the past six months, he doesn't want to miss the movie "Sanmao in the Army".

Zhang Jianya's expression was obviously stunned, he didn't expect Zhou Yan to agree so happily, and he also prepared a lot of words to persuade Zhou Yan, but now he didn't use a word.

"This ...... Director Zhou, don't you ask about the salary? ”

"The salary is three hundred per month, from today, until the movie editing is completed, no problem, right?"

Zhang Jianya hurriedly said, "No problem, no problem at all." ”

From today to the completion of the movie editing, it will only take a few months, and the total amount is only about 1,000 yuan, which is not much at all.

Zhou Yan added, "I need to be reimbursed for all the expenses I spent on the set during this period. ”

"Of course, we should come out." Zhang Jianya nodded.

"Everything else is fine, now you only have the script, a lot of things are not easy to talk about, and when it comes to April, I will go to the set, and at that time there will be a storyboard, and some films will be filmed, and then we can have an in-depth chat." Zhou Yan thought for a while, and then said, "During this period, I will also call you to talk about some music-related things, and there may also be a situation where you need to make some adjustments when filming to match the music." Of course, you can rest assured, the adjustment will definitely not be big, and it will not affect the plot, mainly because of the adjustment of the rhythm of the shot. ”

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Zhang Jianya also sighed, today he has seen it, and he has to follow the soundtrack when making a movie, no wonder the soundtrack in "Heaven's Reply" feels very consistent with the camera, and even gives people the feeling that the movie is made for music.

Zhang Jianya doesn't care about this, as long as it doesn't affect his plot, there is no problem with adjusting the rhythm of the shot, everything is for the final effect.

"That's no problem, when the time comes, if you have any ideas, you can tell me at any time, and let's discuss it together." I heard Chen Kaige say that you have also been a director yourself, and you must know a lot about the camera. ”

Zhang Jianya heard Chen Kaige say that Zhou Yan had made movies, but he didn't know what Zhou Yan was filming.

In fact, the award of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" has been reported by domestic media yesterday, but Zhang Jianya has not seen the news yet.

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "I only give my opinion, in the end, it is up to Director Zhang to yourself, the soundtrack is the soundtrack, and it still has to serve the movie you make." ”

"I see." Zhang Jianya nodded.

Looking at Zhang Jianya, Zhou Yan also sighed, Xu Feng also said that his posture was not high enough, if Xu Feng saw Zhang Jianya's posture, he didn't know how to evaluate it.

In fact, if Zhou Yan had seen Zhang Jianya go to Wei Zongwan to participate in "The Story of Sanmao in the Army", I am afraid that he would not feel that Zhang Jianya's posture is low today.

When the script of "Sanmao in the Army" had not yet been written, Zhang Jianya decided to let Wei Zongwan play the role of the veteran oil "old ghost" in the movie.

When Zhang Jianya went to Wei Zongwan's house for the first time to invite Wei Zongwan to participate, he was rejected by Wei Zongwan, because Wei Zongwan was in his fifties and was worried that his body would not be able to bear it.

However, Zhang Jianya did not give up, and went to Wei Zongwan's house for the second time, and before Wei Zongwan could speak, Zhang Jianya suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Wei Zongwan.

"If you don't act, I won't get up."

At that time, Wei Zongwan and his wife were startled, and Wei Zongwan also hurriedly knelt down for Zhang Jianya.

In this way, the two people knelt on each other, one begged the other to participate in the show, and the other begged the other to find someone else, not to look for him.

Fortunately, the final result was good, Wei Zongwan was moved by Zhang Jianya's persistence, and at the same time was persuaded by his family to agree to act.

Today, if Zhou Yan didn't agree to Zhang Jianya to serve as the soundtrack director of "Sanmao in the Army", Zhang Jianya would not kneel, but he would definitely be able to do it if he didn't leave.

(End of chapter)